GUIDE PRICE £2,000,000 - £2,200,000. A truly substantial 6/7 bedroom period house with magnificent southerly views over its grounds and gardens of approximately 2.46 acres from possibly one of the highest positions within The Weald.

Entrance Porch - Entrance Hall - Dining Room - Library - Drawing Room - Study - Sitting Room - Kitchen/Breakfast Room - Boot Room - Utility Room - Gym - Wine Cellar - Store Room - Shower Room - First Floor Landing - Two Bedrooms With En-Suite - Three Further Bedrooms - Family Bathroom - Potential Annexe Within Property With Cloakroom - Kitchen Area - Sitting Room/Bedroom - Bedrooms With En Suite - Wonderful Private Gardens - Driveway with Ample Off Road Parking & Turning Area

Beech Hill House, believed to have been built during the 1880s occupies an incredible elevated position with many of the rooms situated on the south side to take full advantage of the far reaching views. The property, originally built as a family home later became acquired by Wadhurst College, situated in the former South Park Estate and became a boarding house for the college. Currently a family home, this property offers tremendous flexibility over its three floors. At present the main entrance hall leads to the dining room with decorative ceilings and panelled walls, fireplace and substantial leaded light bay window. The library has two large bay windows enabling natural light to flood into the room and provides views over the property's entrance and to the south over the valley. The drawing room offers equally impressive views from its large bay window and a separate study provides and ideal place to work from home. On the first floor there are two bedrooms with en-suite facilities with the remaining bedrooms having access to a family bathroom comprising a white suite with a roll top bath. The lower ground floor has a large farmhouse style kitchen/breakfast room complete with a four oven Aga and the adjoining sitting room has a large cast iron log burner with both rooms providing an excellent space for a family to enjoy. A wide selection of store rooms, utility room and gym are welcome additions to the living space with separate access and secondary staircase to the first floor cloakroom, kitchen, sitting room, bedroom and en-suite offering the potential for an annexe. Externally the gardens are a particular feature of the property with a large rear terrace providing an excellent spot to entertain whilst enjoying the views. The mature gardens have been laid into several terraces with dividing hedges and meandering pathways provide access to a pond that provides a wonderful setting for children to play and camp out within the security of your own garden. Heating is provided from a dual zone gas fired central heating system with radiators and secondary glazing to keep fuel bills to a minimum. This truly is a unique home close to the very desirable village of Wadhurst and a rare opportunity that should not be missed.

Multi-paned entrance door into:

ENTRANCE PORCH: Tiled flooring and multi-paned door with leaded light fan light opens into:

RECEPTION HALL: Decorative ceiling and cornice, dado rail, radiator, power points and open aspect into:

DINING ROOM: Fireplace with gas coal fire and tiled hearth, recessed book shelving to alcove, exposed floorboards, panelled walls, decorative ceiling and coving, double radiator and large leaded light bay window with tiled flooring overlooking the driveway.

LIBRARY: A substantial room enjoying a dual aspect with two large bay windows, one overlooking the front driveway and the second providing far reaching southerly views over the garden and beyond. There is an attractive fireplace with wood surround, gas coal fire and oval inset bevel edged mirror, book shelving to alcoves, range of built-in book shelving and window seating, exposed floorboards, ceiling cornice, picture rail.

DRAWING ROOM: Large fireplace with pine surround incorporating a gas coal fire set on a raised stone hearth, exposed floorboards, ceiling cornice, dado rail, two double radiators and large bay window to rear providing southerly views over garden.

STUDY: Fireplace, exposed floorboards, coving, picture rail and window to side with built-in shutters.

Part glazed door from hallway to potential annexe with inner lobby offering a range of built-in cupboards.

CLOAKROOM: White low level wc, pedestal wash hand basin, half height tiling to walls and tiled flooring.

KITCHEN AREA: Built-in worktop with circular stainless steel sink and mixer tap, fitted microwave, exposed floorboards and window to rear.

SITTING ROOM/BEDROOM: Fireplace, exposed floorboards, double radiator and window to rear.

BEDROOM: Fireplace, double radiator and door into:

EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM: White low level wc, pedestal wash hand basin, shower cubicle with plumbed in shower, electric towel rail, exposed floorboards and shelving to alcove.

Main stair case from entrance hall rises to:

SPACIOUS FIRST FLOOR LANDING: Built-in cupboard, two double radiators, coved ceiling, picture rail, window to front and loft access for storage with further access through a small door onto an area of flat roof from which maintenance can be carried out and enjoy spectacular views of the surrounding valley.

BEDROOM 1: Fireplace with wood surround, cast iron grate and tiled panels, coved ceiling, picture rail, double radiator, power points, large bay window with far reaching southerly views and door to:

EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM: Shower cubicle with plumbed in shower, low level wc, bidet, white pedestal wash hand basin with mixer tap and tiled splashback, heated towel rail/radiator, extractor fan, exposed floorboards, double radiator and two windows to rear.

BEDROOM 2: Fireplace, coved ceiling, picture rail, exposed floorboards, double radiator and window to front.

BEDROOM 3: Fireplace, coved ceiling, picture rail, double radiator, connecting door to bedroom one, window to front and square bay window to side providing far reaching views over the valley.

BEDROOM 4: Fireplace, coved ceiling, double radiator, power points and window to side.

BEDROOM 5: Fireplace, picture rail, double radiator, window to side and door to:

EN SUITE BATHROOM: Panelled corner bath with mixer tap and hand shower spray, low level wc, pedestal wash hand basin with tiled splashback, exposed floorboards and window to side.

FAMILY BATHROOM: White roll top bath with mixer and hand shower spray, high level wc, pedestal wash hand basin with mixer tap, radiator, exposed floorboards, access to loft space and window to rear.

Stairs from main reception hall lead down to:

LOWER GROUND FLOOR HALLWAY: Archway leads to a side entrance door providing separate access from the outside to this level and a staircase leading up to the potential annexe, two radiators and doors providing access into:

SITTING ROOM: Large cast iron wood burner set on a raised hearth, connecting door to kitchen/dining room and bay window to side with garden views.

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM: Range of panelled wall and base units with granite work surfaces above, deep white twin Butler style sinks with mixer taps Appliances include a Miele induction hob, Bosch combination oven, four oven gas Aga, built-in fridge, space for dishwasher and built-in dresser to one wall. Ample space for large farmhouse style table, radiator, tiled flooring, triple aspect with windows to sides and part glazed door leading out to the rear terrace and garden and further door into:

BOOT ROOM: Quarry tiled flooring, double radiator, window to side and door to front.

GYM: double radiator, power points, window to side and door to:

WINE CELLAR: Light.

WALK-IN PANTRY: Quarry tiled flooring, shelving and power and light.

UTILITY ROOM: Range of wall and base cupboards with wooden work tops, twin Butler sinks with mixer tap, space for washing machine, space and vent for tumble dryer, twin wall mounted gas fired boilers enable the central heating to be split to heat different levels, quarry tiled flooring, extractor fan and window to side.

STORE ROOM: Tiled flooring, light and shelving.

SHOWER ROOM: Shower cubicle, white low level wc, bidet, pedestal wash hand basin, half height wall tiling, wood effect flooring, single radiator and window to rear.

REAR LOBBY: White wall mounted wash hand basin, double radiator, window to rear and part glazed door leading to:

WORKSHOP: Power, light and part glazed door leading to the rear.

OUTSIDE: Beech Hill House benefits from approx. 2.46 acres of combined gardens and grounds to include a large paved terrace adjacent to the property and a covered pergola with outside power and lighting providing plenty of opportunity for outside dining and entertaining. The gardens are formed of several tiered areas of lawn divided by mature hedging, connected by winding footpaths leading down to the rear where the garden levels out to a large pond. The gardens are incredibly private surrounded by many mature trees and include a summerhouse, three sheds, greenhouse, vegetable garden and fruit cage. To the rear of the property double gates afford access onto a tarmacadam driveway which leads to the covered wood stores, herb gardens and side access. Front electric double wooden gates open into a long shingle driveway passing mature hedging and abundantly stocked borders, established trees and small lawn, arriving at a parking and turning area with steps rising to the main entrance with outside tap, lighting and power.

SITUATION: Placed to enjoy beautiful southerly views the property is a little over a mile distant to the village centre which has a good range of social, retail and educational facilities including two well stocked mini supermarkets and a number of independent retailers for every day needs, some well regarded public houses and restaurants and both primary and secondary schools with further independent schools in the immediate locale. Wadhurst is located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and offers immediate access to open areas of Wealden countryside. The village enjoys good road routes to nearby towns as well as a main line railway station offering regular services to both London termini and the South Coast. The large town of Royal Tunbridge Wells is some 7 miles distant offering a far wider range of social, retail and educational facilities including two theatres, a wide range of independent and multiple retailers and further excellent schools at primary, secondary, grammar and independent levels.

TENURE: Freehold

COUNCIL TAX BAND: G

VIEWING: By appointment with Wood & Pilcher Tunbridge Wells 01892 511211.

AGENTS NOTE: We have produced a virtual video/tour of the property to enable you to obtain a better picture of it. We accept no liability for the content of the virtual video/tour and recommend a full physical viewing as usual before you take steps in relation to the property (including incurring expenditure).

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